Monkey puzzle seed soup

Name: Monkey puzzle seed soup (Sopa de piñones)
Cuisine: Chilean
Ingredients: 250 ml/8 fl oz/1 cup milk; 1 kg/2¼ lb monkey puzzle nuts with skins removed (see Cook’s tip), or 200 g/7 oz pine nuts or blanched almonds; 1 kg/2¼ lb monkey puzzle nuts with skins removed (see Cook’s tip), or 200 g/7 oz pine nuts or blanched almonds; 1 kg/2¼ lb monkey puzzle nuts with skins removed (see Cook’s tip), or 200 g/7 oz pine nuts or blanched almonds; 15 ml/1 tbsp chopped fresh coriander (cilantro); 15 ml/1 tbsp chopped fresh coriander (cilantro); 15 ml/1 tbsp olive oil; salt and black pepper; salt and black pepper

Sopa de piñones

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Food and Cooking of Chile

By Boris Basso Benelli

Published 2014

About

Revered as sacred by the Mapuche people, the monkey puzzle tree provides seeds that have been an important part of the diet for centuries. Known as piñones, the seeds are highly nutritious and are eaten whole, or ground to make flour. The seeds are hard to find outside Chile, so pine nuts or blanched almonds can be substituted.

Ingredients

250 ml/8 fl oz/1 cup milk
1 kg

Americas
Chile
Soup
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Put the 475 ml/16 fl oz/2 cups water with the milk in a pan and heat until just boiling

Energy 369kcal/1528kJ; Protein 13g; Carbohydrate 6g, of which sugars 6g; Fat 33g, of which saturates 3g; Cholesterol 4mg; Calcium 196mg; Fibre 6g; Sodium 34mg